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But reparations are for grievances. Simply fitting a racial category doesn't qualify a person for reparation of the grievances of some people who fit the same racial category. For instance, someone who immigrated to the USA from an African country in the last couple decades doesn't have the same grievances as people who came here involuntarily in previous centuries.
descendents of slaves
grievance is my ancestors were slaves therefore I should receive compensation
There are many black people who are not the descendants of slaves, or who are not the descendants of American slavery.
non descendants would not be eligible for reparations
Why do you so over simplify? This is just wrong. Blacks from Africa, Caribbean, Europe do not count in American reparations and they are not what is meant by Black in these discussions.
This discussion is extremely timely with a presidential candidate of Jamaican descent claiming to be "black" but if anyone the British owe reparations to Jamaicans, no? Etc.
If we are talking trans-Atlantic African slave trade era then of course, Brazil, Jamaica, Bermuda, Belize, Honduras, Mexico, Etc.
Kamala Harris claims to be Black, but would not meet, and would not claim U.S. reparations per requirements as typically outlined.
14 percent of USA population is "black"
Black person is anyone who can benefit from affirmative action or DEI